Anthurium plant named ‘AN2845192’

ABSTRACT

A new  Anthurium  plant named ‘AN2845192’ particularly distinguished by having medium blistered and medium glossy, orbicular-cordate, durable spathes that retain the original color for a very long period of time with dark green, long ovate, durable leaves, white spadices with yellow and green tips, early and rich flowering continuously throughout the year, and a plant height of 23.0 cm to 26.0 cm is disclosed.

Genus and species: Anthurium andraeanum L.

Variety denomination: ‘AN2845192’.

BACKGROUND OF THE NEW PLANT

The present invention comprises a new and distinct variety of Anthurium, botanically known as Anthurium andraeanum L., and hereinafter referred to by the variety name ‘AN2845192’. The new Anthurium plant is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the inventor in Bleiswijk, the Netherlands. The objective of this breeding program was to create a new plant with a height of 23.0 cm to 26.0 cm having small, medium blistered and medium glossy, white, orbicular-cordate, and durable spathes.

The new variety originated from a cross-pollination made in September 2013 in Bleiswijk, the Netherlands. The female parent was a white Anthurium pot plant designated ‘24625-02’ (unpatented), and the male parent was a white. Anthurium pot plant ‘20441-05’ (unpatented).

A single plant was selected from the progeny of the stated cross in July 2015. Asexual reproduction of the new variety by tissue culture in 2017 in Bleiswijk, the Netherlands, has demonstrated that the new variety reproduces true to type with all of the characteristics, as herein described, firmly fixed and retained through successive generations.

Community Plant Variety Rights for this variety have been applied for in the European Union on Nov. 19, 2021 (Application no. 2021/2976), by Applicant who obtained the subject matter disclosed directly from the inventor. ‘AN2845192’ has not been made publicly available or sold anywhere in the world prior to the effective filing date of this application with the exception of sales or disclosures made one year or less before the effective filing date of this claimed invention by Applicant who obtained ‘AN2845192’ directly from the inventor.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The following are the most outstanding and distinguishing characteristics of this new variety when grown under normal horticultural practices in Bleiswijk, the Netherlands:

-   -   1) Small, medium blistered and medium glossy, white,         orbicular-cordate spathes;     -   2) White spadices with yellow and green tips     -   3) Green, long ovate leaves; and     -   4) First spathes can make an extra, small spathe.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS

This new Anthurium plant is illustrated by the accompanying photographs which show the overall plant habit including blooms, buds, and foliage of the plant; the colors shown are as true as can be reasonably obtained by conventional photographic procedures. The photographs are of a 28-week-old plant grown in a greenhouse in Bleiswijk, the Netherlands, in June 2022. Colors in the photographs may differ from the color values cited in the detailed botanical description, which accurately describe the actual colors of the new variety.

FIG. 1 shows the overall plant habit, including blooms, buds, and foliage.

FIG. 2 shows a close-up of the mature spathe.

FIG. 3 shows a close-up of the upper leaf blade surface.

DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW VARIETY

The following detailed description sets forth the distinctive characteristics of ‘AN2845192’. The data which define these characteristics were collected from asexual reproductions carried out in Bleiswijk, the Netherlands. The plant history was taken on 28-week-old plants which were planted from tissue culture in 7-centimeter (diameter) pots and grown in a glass greenhouse between 19° C. and 24° C. Observations were made in June 2022. Color readings were taken under 5000 lux natural light in the greenhouse. Color references are primarily to The R.H.S. Colour Chart of The Royal Horticultural Society of London (RHS) (2015).

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

-   Classification:     -   -   Family.—Araceae.         -   Botanical.—Anthurium andraeanum L.         -   Common name.—Anthurium.         -   Denomination.—‘AN2845192’. -   Parentage:     -   -   Female parent.—Anthurium plant ‘24625-02’ (unpatented).         -   Male parent.—Anthurium plant ‘20441-05’ (unpatented). -   Plant:     -   -   Propagation.—Tissue culture.         -   Root description.—Fleshy, light-yellow (RHS 160D) colored             roots with small hairy lateral roots having yellow (RHS 6C)             colored root tips.         -   Time to produce a finished flowering plant.—26 to 30 weeks             after planting in a 7-cm (diameter) pot.         -   Growth habit.—Upright.         -   Height (measured from soil, including inflorescence).—23.0             cm to 26.0 cm.         -   Width (measured from leaf tips).—20.0 cm to 22.0 cm. -   Leaves:     -   -   Immature leaves.—Length: 7.0 cm to 9.0 cm. Width: 3.5 cm to             4.5 cm. Color: Upper surface: RHS 146B. Lower surface: RHS             146C. Texture (both upper and lower surfaces): Glossy,             leathery, and thin.         -   Mature leaves.—Length (fully expanded): 9.0 cm to 11.0 cm.             Width: 5.0 cm to 6.0 cm. Shape: Long ovate. Apex: Abruptly             acuminate. Base: Truncate. Leaf blade angle with the             petiole: Between 120 degrees and 140 degrees. Leaf margin:             Entire. Color: Upper surface: RHS 147A. Lower surface: RHS             146B. Texture: Upper surface: Leathery and thick. Lower             surface: Glossy, leathery, and thick. Venation: Pinnate             veining; the mid-vein and primary veins (the veins that             radiate out from the junction of petiole and leaf) protrude             at the underside of the leaf blade. Venation color: Upper             surface: RHS 144A. Lower surface: RHS 144B.         -   Lobes.—Absent.         -   Petiole.—Cross-section: Round. Diameter: 0.2 cm to 0.3 cm.             Length: 9.0 cm to 11.0 cm for a mature leaf size. Color:             Mature leaf: RHS 144B. Immature leaf: RHS 144B. Cataphyll             color surrounding the petiole: Outside: RHS 144B. Inside:             RHS 145C.         -   Geniculum.—Length: 1.0 cm to 1.5 cm. Width: 0.2 cm to             0.3 cm. Color: RHS 144A. -   Inflorescence:     -   -   Arrangement.—Single.         -   Flowering habit (length of flowering season).—Continuous.         -   Number of inflorescences per plant.—4 to 6.         -   Fragrance.—Absent.         -   Longevity of inflorescence as a cut flower.—Over a year. -   Spathe:     -   -   Buds.—The spathe is tightly rolled around the spadix and             extrudes from the peduncle sheath. After the spathe is fully             opened, the peduncle elongates some extra centimeters.         -   Arrangement.—Spathe angle with the peduncle is between 80             degrees and 90 degrees; the spathe stands on a wiry peduncle             about 2.0 cm to 4.0 cm above the foliage.         -   Shape.—Obicular cordate.         -   Apex.—Mucronate.         -   Base.—Cordate.         -   Texture.—Medium blistered and medium glossy.         -   Margin.—Entire.         -   Size.—Length: 5.0 cm to 6.0 cm. Width: 5.0 cm to 6.0 cm.         -   Lobes.—Present. Arrangement: The spathe has two lobes             extending past the peduncle. The lobes are non-touching.             Length: 0.5 cm to 1.0 cm. Width:. 1.5 cm to 2.5 cm.         -   Color.—Just fully open: Upper surface: RHS 155C. Lower             surface: RHS 155C. This white color remains for a very long             period, at least more than 30 weeks after opening. Although             the spathe turns green after some weeks (RHS 157C) with             darker green lobes (RHS 144B).         -   First spathe can make an extra, small spathe RHS 155C. -   Peduncle:     -   -   Shape.—Erect.         -   Cross-section.—Round.         -   Length.—13.0 cm to 16.0 cm.         -   Diameter.—0.2 cm to 0.3 cm.         -   Color.—RHS 144B. -   Flowering time:     -   -   General.—One small, rooted, untreated tissue culture plant             of 8.0 cm tall will flower, depending on the season, 26 to             30 weeks and 4 to 5 blossoms appear. More blossoms appear             after some additional weeks so that a full flowering and             commercial plant will have 5 to 6 spathes. Smaller blossoms             may occur on immature plants. -   Spadix:     -   -   Size.—Length: 1.5 cm to 2.0 cm (depending on flower size).             Width (at apex): 0.4 cm to 0.5 cm. Width (at base): 0.5 cm             to 0.6 cm.         -   Shape.—Columnar.         -   Angle of spadix tip with peduncle.—120 degrees to 140             degrees.         -   Texture.—When the spathe is unfurling, the spadix is smooth.             When the spadix matures, small stigmata protrude. The             stigmata are evenly distributed around the spadix. The             spadix matures from base to top, slowly giving the spadix a             somewhat rough appearance.         -   Curvature of longitudinal axis of spadix.—Weakly incurved.         -   Color.—Immature: RHS 14B and RHS 151B toward the tip.             Mature: RHS 155B. Ages to: RHS 144A. -   Flowers:     -   -   Quantity per spadix.—50 to 70.         -   Spadix flower arrangement.—Bisexual, rounded in             cross-section.         -   Shape.—Rounded.         -   Size.—Length: 0.05 cm to 0.1 cm. Diameter (maximum): 0.10             cm.         -   Color.—RHS 158C. -   Reproductive organs:     -   -   Stamens.—Not visible.         -   Pollen amount.—Absent.         -   Pistil.—Quantity: 50 to 70. Length: Less than 0.01 cm.             Color: RHS 158C.         -   Style.—Not observed to date.         -   Stigma.—Shape: Ovoid. Diameter: Less than 0.01 cm. Color:             RHS 158C.         -   Ovary.—Rarely visible.         -   Ovary color.—Not measured. -   Fruit and seed set: None observed to date. -   Disease and pest resistance: No specific resistance or     susceptibility observed to pathogens or pests common to Anthurium     under commercial conditions to date.

COMPARISON WITH PARENTAL AND SIMILAR COMMERCIAL VARIETIES

The female parent plant of ‘AN2845192’, cultivar ‘24625-02’ (unpatented), is no longer in existence. A meaningful comparison cannot be made with the female parent plant.

‘AN2845192’ differs from the male parent plant ‘20441-05’ (unpatented) in that ‘AN2845192’ has concave spathes in cross section of middle zone, whereas ‘20441-05 has straight spathes in the cross section of middle zone. Additionally, ‘AN2845192’ has abruptly acuminate leaf tips, whereas ‘20441-05’ has narrow acuminate leaf tips.

‘AN2845192’ differs from similar commercial variety ‘ANTHESZJA’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 29,713) in that ‘AN2845192’ has orbicular cordate spathes and spathes that are concave in cross section of middle, whereas ‘ANTHESZJA’ has ovate spathes and spathes that are straight in cross section of middle zone.

‘AN2845192’ differs from similar variety ‘ANTHEMFO’ (unpatented) in that the angle of spadix tip with peduncle for “AN2845192’ is 120 degrees to 140 degrees and leaf blade lobes are absent, whereas the angle of spadix tip with peduncle for “ANTHEMFO’ is 140 degrees to 160 degrees and leaf blade lobes are present. 

I claim:
 1. A new and distinct variety of Anthurium plant named ‘AN2845192’, substantially as illustrated and described herein. 